Americans Slow to Start Their Holiday Decorating
Most Americans are in the decorating mood when it comes to the holiday season, but they still have work to do.
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December 1, 2010
November 30, 2010
By Two-to-One Margin, Voters Believe U.S. Spends More on Military than Social Security
Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters believe the U.S. spends more on national defense than it does on Social Security.
November 30, 2010
Mind the Gap: The Role of Gender in Economic Confidence
One of the constants in Rasmussen Reports Consumer Index tracking of economic confidence is that women are more skeptical about the economy than men. Some might say that women are more pessimistic while others might say more realistic; the gap is a regular feature of consumer confidence data.
November 30, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Continues Steady Rise
The Rasmussen Employment Index posts its largest single-month gain in over a year and reaches its highest level since September 2008 for the third straight month.
November 30, 2010
10% Now Finished With Holiday Shopping After Black Friday
They’re off and running, but Black Friday doesn’t appear to have given the boost to holiday shopping that it did a year ago.
November 30, 2010
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Starting a New Business in the Middle of Divorce
"My wife and I started a business a couple of years ago. We formed a limited liability company (LLC) to run the business, and split the ownership (and the work) 50-50.
November 30, 2010
The Nuclear Threat Is Not a Partisan Issue By Froma Harrop
The recently leaked diplomatic cables reveal both Arab and Israeli horror at a nuclear Iran. Last year, Israel's defense minister, Ehud Barak, evidently told the American ambassador that the world had 18 months or less to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, warning "any military solution would result in unacceptable collateral damage." Bahrain's King Hamad sent a cable saying, "That program must be stopped," and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed said, "Ahmadinejad is Hitler."
November 30, 2010
Voters Still Blame Bush More Than Obama for Poor Economy
Voters continue to blame the George W. Bush administration more than President Obama's policies for the country's ongoing economic problems.
November 30, 2010
You Can Stop Paying for Al Gore's Mistake By Debra J. Saunders
In Greece earlier this month, Al Gore made a startling admission: "First-generation ethanol, I think, was a mistake." Unfortunately, Americans have Gore to thank for ethanol subsidies. In 1994, then-Vice President Gore ended a 50-50 tie in the Senate by voting in favor of an ethanol tax credit that added almost $5 billion to the federal deficit last year. And that number doesn't factor the many ways in which corn-based ethanol mandates drive up the price of food and livestock feed.
November 29, 2010
Small Business Confidence Rises for Third Straight Month
Economic confidence among the nation's small business owners continued to improve in November, according to the Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM). The monthly index rose to 87.2 in November, up 3 points from 84.2 in October -- the third consecutive monthly gain, and nearly 11 points higher than a year ago.
November 29, 2010
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 40%
Republicans have edged up slightly and now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, November 28, 2010.
November 29, 2010
Most Voters Favor Cutting the Federal Payroll
President Obama proposed today a freeze on the salaries of federal employees for the next two years as an effort to help rein in the growing federal budget deficit. Recent Rasmussen surveys suggest that voters think that's a good idea.
November 29, 2010
Voters Continue to Have Strongly Negative Views of Congress
Most voters continue to give this Congress poor marks in its closing days, and they still don't believe the national legislature has passed anything to significantly improve life in America.
November 29, 2010
Most Flyers Okay With Full-Body Scans, Pat Downs
Most voters who fly appear comfortable with the federal Transportation Safety Administration’s new airport security measures.
November 29, 2010
For Tottering States, Bankruptcy Could Be the Answer By Michael Barone
We won't be able to say we weren't warned. Continued huge federal budget deficits will eventually mean huge increases in government borrowing costs, Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission, predicted this month. "The markets will come. They will be swift, and they will be severe, and this country will never be the same."
November 29, 2010
47% Say Health Care Repeal Is Likely, 39% Disagree
Nearly half of Likely U.S. Voters (47%) continue to believe that repeal of the health care law passed earlier this year is at least somewhat likely.
November 28, 2010
Most Prefer ‘Merry Christmas’ to ‘Happy Holidays’
As Americans crowd stores nationwide, most still prefer being greeted by signs that say “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays.”
November 28, 2010
Voters Fear Too Much Government ‘Help’ For Economy
Despite continuing concerns about the economy, most voters still worry that the federal government will do too much in trying to turn things around.
November 27, 2010
Voters Recognize U.S. Military Spending Tops Other Countries
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Likely Voters nationwide recognize that the United States spends more on the military and national security than any other nation in the world. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 19% disagree, and 24% are not sure.
November 27, 2010
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 27, 2010
The holiday season is upon us, and Americans are off to races when it comes to shopping. But even as many will be watching their own spending, another opportunity to say something about how the government spends our money is on the horizon.
